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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims that Lloyd Austin ‘Threatened’ to Send American Troops to Fight Russia
Tucker Carlson mischaracterized Austin’s comments during a classified briefing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Promote $5,600 Government ‘Health Spending Card’ For All Americans In Need
Did former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama appear in a video promotion for a federal program giving out monthly $5,600 health spending cards to spend on bills, gas, groceries or "anything else you can think of"? No, that's not true: A vide
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sorry, no ‘free money’: Biden did not approve a $5,200 subsidy for Americans older than 25
Audio shows breaking news that “Biden approves $5,200 for Americans older than 25.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: American Emergency Fund Website Does NOT Give ‘Americans In Need’ $5,000 ‘In Cash’ For Free — It’s Website Collecting Personal Data
Can "Americans in need" get $5,000 in cash for free through the American Emergency Fund "just in a few minutes"? No, that's not true: The website named in this offer gathers sensitive personal data from applicants for a supposed personal
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No proof Trump warned of imminent catastrophe affecting ‘300 million Americans’
Audio shows former President Donald Trump warned “300 million Americans” will die from a catastrophe “in a matter of weeks.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump’s Real Voice Used In Video Endorsing Film Claiming 300 Million Americans Will Die In A Matter Of Weeks
Was Donald Trump's real voice used in a video endorsing a documentary warning that 300 million Americans will die in an attack on the power grid in a matter of weeks? No, that's not true: There is no proof that Trump ever made the stateme
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The U.S. government isn’t giving Americans $2,000 monthly checks
“Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Code Section Does NOT Make American Workers Exempt From Taxes — It’s About Federal Reserve Banks
Does a section of the U.S. Code, cited in a video on social media, exempt American workers from paying taxes? No, that's not true: No section of the U.S. Code universally exempts American workers from paying taxes. The section of the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Did Americans lose the farm? Fact-checking Joe Biden on farmland loss
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
The Dispatch→ Israel’s Job Right Now Is to Fight, Not to Be Admired by American Journalists
Plus: Atheism needs better defenders.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Survey’ Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Killed 3.5X More Americans Than COVID Virus
Did a "survey" find that COVID-19 vaccines "killed 3.5X more Americans than COVID virus"? No, that's not true: A medical professional who treats patients of long COVID told Lead Stories that the so-called survey "lacked scientific rigor"
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Vivek Ramaswamy says 50% of Gen Z Americans support Hamas. We say that’s Mostly False
“Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”
Health Feedback→ Claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed 3.5 times more Americans than COVID-19 is based on a highly flawed online survey; inconsistent with excess mortality data
REVIEW On 27 October 2023, entrepreneur Tony Delgado, who has more than a million followers on Instagram, posted a screenshot of an article with the headline “New Study Reveals Covid mRNA Jabs Killed ‘3.5X More Americans Than Virus Itself’”.
The Dispatch→ Member Discussion for “American Prometheus” — January 2023
We want to hear from you while you’re reading this month’s book.
The Dispatch→ The Four Myths of the American Dream
David Leonhardt’s ‘Ours Was the Shining Future’ downplays the promises and possibilities of life in America.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Endorse Fake $6,400 ‘Health Subsidy’ For ‘Every American’
Did President Joe Biden endorse a plan by the federal government to distribute a "health subsidy" worth up to $6,400, with every American qualifying for the payment after watching a video shared on Facebook? No, that's not true: The claim
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video on 'American Debt Relief' program misleads
Video shows a family learning their debt was resolved by the “American Debt Relief program” for American citizens and legal residents who “have over $20,000” in credit card debt.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neither ‘The Rock’ Nor Joe Rogan Endorsed $5,600 ‘Health Spending’ Cards From Feds For Every American
Did Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Joe Rogan endorse a plan by the federal government to distribute health spending cards worth up to $5,600, with every American qualifying for one? No, that's not true: The claim that the government is fre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wall Street Journal Did NOT Report That An ‘American MK-84’ Bomb Was Dropped On Gaza Hospital
Did a Wall Street Journal article state that it was "an American MK-84" bomb that hit the Gaza hospital on October 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The newspaper did not publish that. The only supporting "evidence" in the social media post
PolitiFact→ Americans for Prosperity – Fact-checking how much the Inflation Reduction Act affects taxes
“The Inflation Reduction Act led to higher taxes.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – The Wall Street Journal didn’t report that an American missile caused deadly Gaza hospital blast
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile.
The Dispatch→ Americans Shrug Off Historic Debt Surge
The budget deficit just doubled to $2 trillion. Don’t expect it to shrink anytime soon.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT An Authentic ‘Leaked Memo’ That Says CENTCOM Thinks ‘American Troops Do Not Want To Die For Israel’
Are written assertions that "American Troops do not want to die for Israel," and that the U.S. military in the region "does not have enough assets to support Israel" taken from an authentic leaked U.S. military officer's internal memo? No
PolitiFact→ Brian Krassenstein – Why do Americans have to pay for a State Department evacuation from Israel? It’s the law
It has been U.S. policy “for at least 79 years" to require Americans who intend to be evacuated from overseas to sign a promissory note.
Logically→ Old video of naval clash at Taiwan Strait shared as American warships deployed near Israel
The Dispatch→ Americans’ Grim Views of the Decent U.S. Economy Are Perfectly Understandable
High prices for food and gas and elevated interest rates are more visible than more encouraging big-picture indicators.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: American F-35 Did NOT Land In Cuba
Does a social media post prove that a U.S. F-35 fighter jet landed safely "at the Chinese base in Cuba"? No, that's not true: The debris of an F-35 that vanished in September 2023 was found after a daylong search; its pilot had safely eje
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has called for paper ballots to improve election security. Most Americans already live in jurisdictions that use paper ballots.
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – Fact-check: Was Trump ‘marching into a war zone of fire and ashes’ on 9/11 to ‘save Americans’?
“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Describe African-American, Hispanic Workers As ‘Workers Without High School Diplomas’
Did President Joe Biden describe African-American and Hispanic workers and veterans as "workers without high school diplomas"? No, that's not true: He was talking about unemployment rates for different groups of people. "Workers without h
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN did not break news about a Pentagon ‘plan to implant Americans with nanotech particles’
CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Sign ‘Order Cancelling US Election’ To Make Americans ‘Ruled By Global Elite For Their Own Good’
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) issue an "order" banning elections in the United States and will Americans from now on be ruled by a global elite? No, none of it is true: A non-governmental organization such as the WEF doesn't have the
PolitiFact→ Isabel Brown – Do Americans make less money now than during the Great Depression? That’s Pants on Fire!
Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘It’s Disability Pride Month,’ Disabled Americans Can’t ‘Have More Than $2,000 in Money and Assets Combined’
On August 29 2023, a tweet about disabled people and Medicaid-related laws about cash and assets was shared to Reddit’s r/facepalm: I didn’t know that, yeah… by u/ColorlessHedgehog in facepalm The Post an
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show Americans celebrating Trump’s mugshot release
PolitiFact→ Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation
Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Why are millions of Americans not working but excluded from the ‘unemployed’ rate?
The government doesn’t define people as “unemployed” unless they are actively looking for work. This has been the policy since the 1940s.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden said heat kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. Is it true?
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
The Dispatch→ Native American Population Growth, Explained
What’s driving the surge in American Indian and Alaska Native census numbers?